The Rest of the Story

by Tal Bauer

Shea,” I started again. My voice cracked, wavered. “You are every dream I didn’t know I had, and every future I never knew I wanted, come true. I didn’t know it was possible to be this happy, or to love life this fully. Loving you has changed everything. Now, my future is yours, and my hopes and dreams are tied tight to your hopes and dreams.”

Give me your hand,” Shea whispered, “and I will give you my forever.”

Of course I did. The most important ring in my life isn’t the Cup ring,” I said. “It’s the one on your hand that I put there.”

You are everything to me, Shea. You are my mornings and my midnights, my days of sunshine and my nights of candlelight. You are my everything, and my love for you has no end.